- Nintendo says nay to new console in \'05, boo to PSP
According to this guy, Kevin Gifford, Nintendo will apparently hold off on a proposed 2005 release of their next-generation console, instead opting for a 2006 release. The anticipated delay is supposedly a result of the PS3 and Ybox supposedly getting a new 2006 release, which Nintendo supposedly heard through the grape vine. In addition, Nintendo reiterated that they ain\'t nevah skurrd of Sony\'s PSP, considering \"shipments of the Game Boy Advance will likely exceed 60 million units by the time the PSP is released.\" Gamers.com
- Gamers laugh all the way to the bank; Nintendo to start rewarding you for buying games
Nintendo will start a new gaming campaign in North America and Japan that will reward gamers for buying Nintendo stuff. Nintendo\'s new scheme is called Club Nintendo and will start later this year, reportedly by December. The way it works: you buy Nintendo stuff to earn points toward more Nintendo stuff, most likely things like Nintendo-branded belly packs or Ty the Tasmanian Tiger. Gamers.com
- Hollywood blames Eidos for shitty box office weekend
Paramount execs, and indeed all denziens of Hollywood included, placed a collective blame on Eidos and the apparent shittiness of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. \"The only thing we can attribute [poor ticket sales] to is that the gamers were not happy with the latest version of the \'Tomb Raider\' video game, which is our core audience,\" Paramount distribution president Wayne Lewellen said. \"Now I can\'t fucking get that new yacht.\" Yahoo! News
- Eidos' Tomb Raider marketing campaign brings Lara into showers
In an insidious marketing ploy you'd almost expect to be authored by Activision, Eidos will be hanging up life-size Lara Crofts in swimsuits throughout showers in fitness halls and gyms. So now you can shower while a CG chick made up of 18 polygons stares at you with her breasts. Naturally, most gaming nerds frequent gyms, so this must be the most elaborate and effective campaign ever! Gamefront
- Devastating blow to Gamecube owners: Acclaim to discontinue support
Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens was recently quoted: "Why are we to develop games for platforms that do not supply appropriate yields? We still support PS2 and Xbox, but Nintendo? No, not in the foreseeable future." Woe! Anguish! Outrage! Acclaim still has a few GCN titles on track, including Legends Of Wrestling III, Urban Freestyle Soccer, and XGRA, however, Gamecube owners will be wholeheartedly deprived of Alias, NBA JAM 2004, and Gladiator. Games Are Fun
- More supposed assaults on the GBA: get your Hong Kong Treamcast now!
A Hong-Kong based manufacturer is producing a portable version of Sega's discontinued Dreamcast console, featuring a built in LCD monitor and speakers [...] The system, sold under the name Treamcast, is packaged in a heavily redesigned casing, and features modified onboard software which plays MP3s and VideoCDs as well as original Dreamcast games. gamesindustry.biz
- Nintendo slaps some bitches. With bitch slaps.
Nintendo communications director Yasuhiro Minagawa has gone on record to pull a few Yamauchis, and has left Microsoft, Sony, Nokia, and even Sega in his wake, as if emanating from hell as Satan, or Hiroshi Yamauchi himself. You go girl. Gamesindustry.biz
- Sell your SPs! Game Boy is for 10 year olds, says Nokia
It seems that all 1.1 million of us who have purchased Game Boy Advance SPs recently have made a terrible, terrible mistake. According to Nokia, our Game Boys are for use specifically by "10 year olds," a detail Nintendo apparently forgot to leave out for the past 14 years of marketing the Game Boy. Nokia, however, promises to cure our socially unacceptable gaming woes with the N-Gage. Nokia, we worship and salute you. Gamesindustry.biz
- Boktai to come as GBA SP bundle
Hideo Kojima's crazy solar-charged videogame concept will reportedly be coming in one pack with the GBA SP, further outlining Nintendo's aspirations to be buddies with other game creators. A previous noteworthy bundle would be the GBA SP's launch in Japan, which came with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. The Boktai bundle will apply to the recently announced GBA SP Onyx and Flame models, and ships this July in Japan for around $143. Gamefront
- Neither Nintendo nor Squenix get anything from Game Critics' E3 Awards
Over at E3Awards.com , Game Critics have awarded several E3 games with prizes dependingon how promising they look. We built ourselves a little list with comments inside. Take a look! Full Article
- Formation of Global Gaming League renews hopes of vocational track kids worldwide
Eric Rollman, formerly executive of Fox Family Channel and Saban Entertainment, is on a mission to equate gaming with real sports and gamers with real athletes through the creation of the "Global Gaming League." Says Rollman: "With more than 145 million players, this is arguably one of the most popular sports on the planet." The GGL will sign aspiring gamer-athletes to compete in "V-Sports." Unfounded speculation by Paul suggests that one of the "V-Sports" will involve hot teenage Japanese girls playing DDR. Gamers.com
- Two new GBA SP colors for North America
Nintendo has announced that North American gamers will soon have two more Game Boy Advance SP colors to choose from, a bestowal to the gaming public for 1.1 million SP units bought since the system's release just ten weeks ago. Full Article
- Not that I really care, but Nintendo drops Gamecube price in Canada
Nintendo has revealed that gamers can now purchase a Gamecube for $199.99 (Canadian), a $30 price cut. In addition, those who purchase a Gamecube will still receive one of Nintendo's promotional titles for free, which are: Zelda, Metroid, Mario Party, or Starfox. Go Canada! GameSpy
- Playstation3 architectures starts coming together
Yellowstone offers data rates of between 3.2 and 6.4 Ghz, which gives it between 50 and 100Gb of memory system bandwidth, while the Redwood interface runs at anywhere between 400mhz and 6.4ghz, boasting performance up to ten times faster than current best-of-breed processor buses... gamesindustry.biz
- Who will carry on my PlayStation 2 adventures after I'm gone?
"I'll admit, I've had a good run. Done pretty much everything I wanted, accomplished almost everything I set out to do. I fought my way to the top of the criminal hierarchy of two cities, saved the world from unspeakably evil magical and technological conspiracies, went to six Super Bowls, and unified ancient China under three different dynasties. It's a legacy any man would be proud of, yet it is one that raises an obvious question: Who will carry on my PlayStation 2 adventures after I'm gone?" The Onion
- 68-page EverQuest treatise written by economist geek
EGM reports ?Ed Castronova noticed that EverQuest players were meeting up in online auction sites and actually paying real money for virtual platinum and goods. Being a professor of economics, he crunched the numbers and came up with the exchange rate between our [US] economy and Everquest?s black market. The result: a 68-page treatise called ?Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier.? The paper revealed that EverQuest?s gross national product is slightly lower than Russia?s, and that the average hourly wage is $3.42.?
- BREAKING NEWS: video games actually not so bad for you after all
NEW YORK (AP) -- All those hours spent playing video games may not be wasted time after all: A new study [clearly supports that] action-packed video games like "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Counter-Strike" [will undoubtedly] sharpen your mind and [enlarge your penis]. CNN.com
- Viewtiful Joe rocks pro wrestling world
Capcom's digital sentai hero Viewtiful Joe has been tearing up the Japanese independent professional wrestling world. Gamers.com
- Nintendo invests in next-gen console, portable, replacements for Mario and Pokemon
According to a shady fan site with no source, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has anounced that the company is currenly investing "some" of their $6 billion in funds in research for Gamecube and Game Boy Advance replacements as well as next-generation franchises to replace Mario and Pokemon. *psst* This is strictly off the record, but I heard that Nintendo wants to purchase Fraggle Rock and make it into a huge gaming franchise. Don't tell anyone, ok? N-philes
- Sony unveils PlaystationX
As a company now seemingly interested in blowing everyone's minds with crazy new announcements, Sony revealed the PlaystationX today (effectively making everyone's use of the PSX acronym to describe the original Playstation useless) - a console not to be targeted for the videogame industry, nor to be published by SCE. The unit will integrate games, music, and movies by building on PS2 technology and coming with a DVD writer and 120gb disk drive, along with the ability to download media from the internet. Currently the system is set for a release in Asia late this year, with its arrival in NA and Europe early 2004. Gamefront has preliminary shots of the cum-tinted beast of a machine. Bloomberg
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